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Is there any nation that has had aid withheld explicitly because of their violations of DDT use? India shirks WHO regulations like crazy (including but not lim
by spamizbad 17y ago
Is there any nation that has had aid withheld explicitly because of their violations of DDT use? India shirks WHO regulations like crazy (including but not limited to those pertaining to DDT) but received billions in aid during 90s, before they were a nuclear power. And it certainly hasn't slowed down their position in global trade. Heck, their human slavery problem furrowed lots of brows but never amounted to any sanctions that I'm aware of.
What I'm trying to say here is if the hammer is going to come down on your country, it's likely doing things waaaay worse than revamping its ecosystem with pesticides.
- patio11 17y agos there any nation that has had aid withheld explicitly because of their violations of DDT use? Yes. Many nations have been told, in so many words, that if they continue spraying DDT they can go find health funding elsewhere. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/magazine/11DDT.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/magazine/11DDT.html?pagewa... The above article cites Mexico, South Africa, Belize, and "[m]any African scientists and health officials" as having been pressured in this manner.
- spamizbad 17y agoThat quote pertains to acquiring funding exclusively for programs that will use DDT, and basically says that donors will be reluctant to fund something that involves spraying DDT. Unless the only people who bother to give any money to these programs are misinformed bleeding-heart environmentalists, I'm not sure how much of a barrier that is. Nothing is stopping say, the Cato Institute from starting a DDT spraying initiative to fight malaria.